A Prescriptive Letter About The Danger Of Prescriptive Rhetoric Ian Kime “ My voice should speak in action and teach by example those lessons I have learned through careful listening coupled with a willingness to understand without a vain need to be a prescriptive force.
Whatever Works For You Daniel Coffeen “ How, alas, does one excavate oneself from such careening thoughts in which truth is temporary, suspect, and often useless?
What Is An Argument? Daniel Coffeen “ Arguments have been given a bad rap. They’re contentious, we say. They’re hostile, oppositional. When we picture an argument, we see faces flush with anger, profanity, bile spewing. But this is all a silly prejudice that dates back millennia.
What Is Beautiful? Kovie Biakolo “ Can everyone be beautiful? And if everyone is beautiful, then is anyone really beautiful?
Say The Right Thing (Not The True Thing) Daniel Coffeen “ And so I often find myself in conversations — with co-workers, family, friends, students, lovers — in which I instinctively reach for the word that is true, not for the word that is right.